Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Approximate: 11 13/16in. x 1ft 3 3/4in. (0.3m x 0.4m)
Materials:
Plastic and wood.
The Pioneer mission to Venus consisted of two spacecraft, an orbiter and a multiprobe that entered the Venusian atmosphere, each of them launched separately. This is a model of the Pioneer Venus multiprobe. The Pioneer Venus multiprobe carried and released four probes, which measured the atmospheric composition, temperature, and pressure as they descended toward a hard landing on the surface.
NASA transferred this to the Museum in 1982.
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
